Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-21
SHeOFIAG lEFRlT.
Trouble In Tacoma while
Making an Arrest.


TACOMA o1&HuNn8 AzTN1WI 70 MAXI A.
ARW1 Ann xasuaLB EIauEA
Iepeuial 10 The RosE-IKEuxzanzuzRl I
TAcomA gW. T.). Aug. 9a-Onassu
Ton Oav1nanah vaa hanled homs u 4
haek tonight and Wa. Kleinsshmidl
was hauled fF0n hia hszls 70 iail. both
were severely wounded. Klslmaukmils,s
room b IN he Modal Reslaaranf where
. meeting tcok pleos betwesn himsell
/ Aed the ppllna o.Ec9sg d an aS1smpt si
the latter g arrest him. The room 3
q total wreck.
Klslnsohmidi is owner Of the Msasl
Restaurant. This aflarnoon he dis
charged hia eeok and q var Of wosds
ensn8d between himself and vita. In
lhe evening she had . warrant issued
foR his arrosl which 0faosE CaVanauzk
undertook 70 saFVe. He me- KEN
sohmid1 al the head Of the staira lead
inR 70 The second story which is kiited
up fsE Iodeors. Kleinsohmidf, Who was
crazy dFuRk. refused 70 60. The olnoer
strack him onee o. twice With his billy
Hheroupon Kleinsohmida pulled ouA q
bnll-doR revolver, 81 calibre, and fred.
The ball struck tha ufieeR on the hip
near The base Of the spine bai glanced
without penetrating il Il Iamed him,
hsweysE. and be fen down stairs but
made bic way into the stoss nsxt door.
A large crowd and nearly all The polics
forse assembled In Q fsW minutes.
kleinsshmidt STOOD at shs bad Of The
swmaEna ms nxvoLyna
And loadly dsolaring that be would
shoot the nKHt man who undertook 70
arrest him. 0nceR Bixlor made hls
way into the house by q rear entranoe,
bot By this time Kleinsohmidt had
eone into bis room and locked himself |
Ia. Ofacer Stnika and BFolhen then
vent ap and tried 10 reason with him,
but be declared be would not Be taken /
alive. BFothen then climbed o1t on the /
roof Of an awning VhoEe be could shoot /
in at the window, and fred three ahots
into the dark room 10 drive him out,
but without edect. They then began /
70 IRE through the glass window IN The
doors and their firing vas returned IN
I'll glass ives knocked out oemplelely /
and the door was riddled. AlthoaRh
about
rxz EzoFs vxhH ExuzAxaED.
None took effect. KIeinschmidl eOald
be heard creeping about on the Eoog on
bic hands and knees, bat bis position
s0uld nol be determined. The offcsrs
we're sheltered In the doorway Of the
adjoining roam.
klsinaohmidt finally climbed out on
he awning where Brothen had been,
md going along 10 the nexi room, fired |
through the window. Az this point
0diceEn Stalka and Brolhen eot into the
room which be had left and there
matted for his return. Tue room Was
perfectly dark but the street lights
outside brought his figure into clear re-
Def vhen, Q moment later, be began 30
limb back through the window, pistol
o hand. Swearing 10 Ret revenge from
Brothen he fred, bul StolkA, who hAd
Ixmsd himself with billet Of wuod,
hrew a vita great f0Eoe. Is struck |
AIRY on top Of
K1zznsuHnnDT' HEAD.
And the heavy body swung Gus and fell
u the awning aa theuch dead. II Was
ragged into the next room and DF.
AilIer Who vas called dressed the
Huund. The akull vas noa fractured
md nothina serious will result. Later
{ vas found be had received q Aeah
I04A4A y N4lI U4AAAe
Probably nfseen shots were sxehane-
a during the melee. Pacife Avenue
Eas thronesd with peepis. Early n the
the women and lodRers hed
rom the place and only when The old
nan was laid ant on she door, bis head
resting 0n q bloody pillsw with pool
u blood beside him and the doctors
swing up his wounds did Mrs. Klein
Ichmidt retnFn. AZ the siaht Of this
licsim she cried bitterly, 81 wish
you'd die tonight"
Il q feared that Oavanaueh's wound
nav be mora seKisua than at hrst re-
ported. He is being cared for a his
home. Klsinschmidt waa made oom-
'ogtabla el the jail. he has bean here
sbout tuo years, having come from Gal.
feFnia. He b an old sailor and has
1een around the world.